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At the heart of our sun, fusion is unfolding. As hydrogen atoms merge to form helium, they emit energy, producing the heat ...

Europe's top physics lab CERN launches its newest particle accelerator, billed as a key step towards future experiments that could unlock the universe's greatest mysteries.

An innovative project to develop a new approach to mapping and predicting areas in the South West which are most at risk of ...

Collective models have long provided an essential framework for understanding the behaviour of atomic nuclei by treating them as systems of interacting particles that can exhibit coherent, macroscopic ...

China has eclipsed its own – and the US – record, building a monster underground hypergravity centrifuge that can model ...

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses into the lining of the uterus ...

Flexoelectricity, which can transform mechanical deformation into electrical signals, could provide enough power to fire ...